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Thursday, January 30, 2014

Here is my
"collage" of the 30 paintings I completed this month. I created it
with an on-line program called picmonkey. Just go to PicMonkey and select "create a
collage". You can use one of their designs or you can design your own. To
make a collage with 30 photos you will need to design your own. Then you can
drag your uploaded photos in to the collage until you are done. (When you drag in a photo, you can see where to place the photos as you move them around. If you move them around carefully a small gray bar will appear and you can create columns and rows by adding more photos.)

It's a fun tool to use. You can change the width and color
of the grid lines between the photos and then save the completed collage as a
jpeg on your computer. Post your collages here! And it doesn't matter how many
paintings you completed. Create a collage to show off the paintings you created
this month.

Check out the website for our new
beach house in Ventura, Ca. I am now teaching workshops at the beach and
renting out the house. Come stay and paint with me! I have workshops scheduled
in the next twelve months in South Pasadena, Ventura Beach, Newport Beach,
Charlotte, NC, and Atlanta, Ga. Click here for
more information!

There were
many times this month when I thought this day would never come. And now it's
here and I am sad. I am going to miss the pressure of finishing my painting
every day. OK, so maybe I will miss the pressure just a little ... or not at all ...

I have
thought long and hard about what was my favorite part of this month's challenge.
Aside from painting every day, it has to be the great emails I received from all of you! So many of you had breakthroughs and incredible traffic to your blogs. Many of you had tons of sales. And for some of you there were struggles. Regardless, we all learned a lot.

Technically
the challenge is over for now. But we all know, of course it's really just the
beginning.

This is the
time for all of us to build upon what we have accomplished this month. Whether
you painted five or thirty paintings, it doesn't matter. We have all learned
something from painting more often, from blogging everyday and sharing our art
on Facebook. The results have snowballed and have been amazing. Many of you
told me that you have already blogged more times this month than the entire
year. Most of you have found a way to leave "the stuff" behind
so when you enter your studio it's all about painting. A lot of you are
painting faster and having little trouble finding inspiration to paint. It's
been a great 30 days and I thank you all for joining and inspiring me to paint
every day this month.

Tomorrow we
will head back in to our studios and paint some more. We will continue to push
ourselves out of our comfort zones and take some risks. We don't need to feel
rushed and we don't need to ignore our families anymore (haha). Just paint what
you want, but take a little more time to build on the momentum you have created
these past few weeks.

I promise we
will do another 30 in 30 Challenge in January 2015. Maybe I will do another one in 2014, who knows! In the meantime I will be
busy painting and teaching and enjoying the beach house (I have a workshop there next week!)

Tomorrow
I will post a collage of all of my 30 paintings. I will also post instructions
as to how you can create one too. So be sure to check back tomorrow.My
upcoming workshops:

Check out the website for our new
beach house in Ventura, Ca. I am now teaching workshops at the beach and
renting out the house. Come stay and paint with me! I have workshops scheduled
in the next twelve months in South Pasadena, Ventura Beach, Newport Beach,
Charlotte, NC, and Atlanta, Ga. Click here for
more information!

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Painting ahead is a good thing (which means I am done!) so now I can concentrate on family for the rest of the week. Don't forget to listen to the Artists Helping Artists show on Thursday at 8:00 am PST, 11:00 EST as I will be sharing many of YOUR experiences with the 30 in 30 Paintings Challenge. There are some really eye-opening stories! Click here for the link to the show.

There is only one painting day left in the Challenge so paint something fun and enjoy yourselves! You deserve it!

Check out the website for our new
beach house in Ventura, Ca. I am now teaching workshops at the beach and
renting out the house. Come stay and paint with me! I have workshops scheduled
in the next twelve months in South Pasadena, Ventura Beach, Newport Beach,
Charlotte, NC, and Atlanta, Ga. Click here for
more information!

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About Me

Leslie Saeta is an award winning artist who paints fresh and colorful paintings using only a palette knife. She paints in her studio full time and has over 30 years of marketing experience. She is devoted to helping other artists sell their art, especially on-line. She hosts a weekly radio show on Blog Talk Radio for artists titled “Artists Helping Artists” which is a great resource tool for all artists.
Leslie has always been interested in art but officially entered the world of fine art as a novice painter in her mid forties. Her art may appear to include energetic brushwork, but she paints exclusively with a palette knife and a heavy build-up of paint. Working with a limited palette, Leslie strives to create beautiful colors and capture the light perfectly in every painting.
In addition to being a full time artist, she is a wife and mother of three teenage boys.

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